Pure Spirit Edit Building

Identification

Approximate Address - 1 Mill Street [map]

City - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Region - Greater Golden Horseshoe

Nearby Buildings - Golf Club Place, 567 Scarborough Golf Club Road, 3950 Lawrence Avenue East, Maple Creek Towers 1, Maple Creek Towers 2, The Hyland - Building 1, The Hyland - Building 2, The Hyland - Building 3, 3801 Lawrence Avenue East, Shoreland Apartments

Technical

Type - High-Rise

Designation - Condominium

Status - Construction

Floors - 32

Units - 378 suites

Suites - From 42m²456feet² to 193m²2082feet²

Companies

Architect - architectsAlliance

Developer - CityScape Development Corporation

Developer - Dundee Realty

General Contractor - Lewis Builds

Building Record History

2007-11-04

Reference Material

Contributors: Rod Taylor

• "Staff Report" [1.38MB]. (2007, 16 May). Toronto City Hall.

• Harness, Allison. (2006, 11 November). "Plenty of sites in Toronto downtown east". Toronto Star.

  PURE SPIRIT LOFTS AND CONDOS: Southeast corner of Mill St. and Parliament St., south of Front St. Builder: Cityscape Development Corp. and Dundee Realty. A 32-storey glass point tower and a five- and eight-storey brick podium with 378 units in total. Prices: from $174,900 for 456 sq. ft. to $924,900 for a penthouse with 2,082 sq. ft. Fees: 42 cents per sq. ft., plus hydro. Amenities: outdoor pool, outdoor hot tub, exercise room, party room, saunas, guest suite, media room with large screen TV, games room, 24-hour concierge and outdoor terrace. Sales: 85 per cent sold. Status: under construction. Occupancy: podium, December 2007; tower, spring 2008.

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• Harness, Allison. (2006, 5 August). "Downtown sites for every budget". Toronto Star.

  PURE SPIRIT LOFTS AND CONDOS: Southeast corner of Mill St. and Parliament St., south of Front St. Builder: Cityscape Development Corp. and Dundee Realty. A 32-storey glass point tower and a five- and eight-storey brick podium with 378 units in total. Prices: from $189,900 for 544 sq. ft. to $924,900 for a penthouse with 2,082 sq. ft. Fees: 42 cents per sq. ft., plus hydro. Amenities: outdoor pool, outdoor hot tub, exercise room, party room, saunas, guest suite, media room with large screen TV, games room, 24-hour concierge and outdoor terrace. Sales: 85 per cent sold. Status: under construction. Occupancy: podium, December 2007. Tower, spring 2008.

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• Harness, Allison. (2006, 29 April). "Eastern downtown bustling with options". Toronto Star.

  PURE SPIRIT: Southeast corner of Mill and Parliament Sts., south of Front St. Builder: Cityscape Development Corp. and Dundee Realty. A 32-storey glass point tower and a five- and eight-storey brick podium with 378 units in total. Prices: from $184,900 for 544 sq. ft. to $924,900 for a penthouse with 2,082 sq. ft. Fees: 42 cents per sq. ft., plus hydro. Amenities: outdoor pool, outdoor hot tub, exercise room, party room, saunas, guest suite, media room with large screen TV, games room, 24-hour concierge and outdoor terrace. Sales: 85 per cent sold. Status: under construction. Occupancy: podium, December 2007. Tower, spring 2008.

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• Harness, Allison. (2006, 14 January). "Downtown sites east of Yonge, south of Bloor". Toronto Star.

  PURE SPIRIT: Southeast corner of Mill and Parliament Sts. Builder: Cityscape Development Corp. and Dundee Realty. 378 units. Prices: from $159,900 for 439 sq. ft. to $924,900 for a penthouse with 2,082 sq. ft. Fees: 42 cents per sq. ft., plus hydro. Amenities: outdoor pool, hot tub, exercise room, saunas, guest suite, media, party and, games rooms, 24-hour concierge. Sales: 80 per cent sold. Status: construction to start beginning of 2006. Occupancy: podium, December 2007; tower, spring 2008.

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• Hume, Christopher. (2005, 20 January). "A condo that makes a point". Toronto Star.

  The Distillery, the 19th-century industrial complex that's fast being turned into a major cultural destination, is also becoming a very desirable place to live. Already there are three residential slabs in the immediate vicinity; now Distillery owners, Cityscape, have announced they will build a fourth.

  Unlike the first three, however, this one will be designed by one of Toronto's pre-eminent condo architects, Peter Clewes of architectsAlliance. Preliminary drawings show a tall, thin tower that sits on top of a five-storey brick podium. The podium, which will fill a large triangular property at the southeast corner of Parliament and Mill Sts., reaches dramatically to a point at the west end of the site.

  Clewes has also introduced a vocabulary of glass and steel, which is intended to make the building seem lighter and as transparent as possible. Given that it will stand 100 metres high, this approach makes a lot of sense.

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